DAILY NEWS MART

News: CSF Urges Private Sector to Participate in the WEF Conference in Dalian, China
Name of the Newspaper: Daily News Mart
Date of publication: Tuesday, 04 September , 2007

ISLAMABAD: The Chinese government, the gathering will focus on the role that the partner institution of new and fast-emerging multithe World Economic Forum in national companies are playing . Pakistan, will be participating, in fundamentally changing the -I along with the key private sec- global business landscape.
tor leaders and Government By addressing key issues representatives in the Dalian hindering economic growth in Conference from 6-8 Pakistan, CSF has been successful in creating partner
. Competitiveness Support Fund ships between the private sec(CSF), a joint initiative of the tor leaders, government and Ministry of Finance, academia to respond to the Government of Pakistan and challenges and opportunities the United States Agency for of the globalized economy. International Development CSF has partnered with the (USAID), has been instrumen- Pakistan Business Council tal in assisting the World (PBC) and its members to creEconomic Forum in identifying ate awareness on taking inithe next generation of global tiatives improving weaknessbusiness champions in es of the private sector in Pakistan. These champions, Pakistan such as willingness known as the Global Growth to delegate authority, extent 0 Companies, will be brought staff training, reliance on protogether in an unprecedented fessional management, extent meeting in Dahan, People's of incentive compensation,
, 'Republic of China. The meet- extent of regional sales, coming has already being described pany spending on research & as a "Summer Davos". development, building capaciOrganized together with the ty for innovation etc.